The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007

PART 5 INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, PROCEDURES, STAFFING AND CHARITABLE STATUS

Qualifications, tenure of office and instruments of government

30.  Regulations 19 (Notification of appointments) and 21 to 33 of, and Schedule 6 (Qualifications and disqualifications) to, the Constitution Regulations apply to the governing body of a federation and its members subject to the modifications in Schedule 7.

Procedures of governing bodies of federations

31.  The Procedures Regulations apply to the procedure of governing bodies of federations subject to the modifications in Schedule 8.

Staffing of federations

32.  The Staffing Regulations apply to the staffing of federations subject to the modifications in Schedule 9.

Charitable status of federations

33.—(1) The governing body of a federation which includes a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school is a charity which is an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993(1), but no governing body of a federation which includes only community, community special or maintained nursery schools is a charity.

(2) So far as it is a charity, any institution which—

(a) is administered by or on behalf of any governing body of a federation which includes a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school; and

(b) is established for the general purposes of, or for any special purpose of, or in connection with, that body or that federation or any foundation, voluntary or foundation special school within that federation,

shall also be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993.

(3) In this regulation, “charity” and “institution” have the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1993.

(1)

1993 c.10.